Burlington High girls tennis closing in on state tourney

Thursday

May 15, 2014 at 12:44 PMMay 15, 2014 at 12:44 PM

By Doug Hastingsdhastings@wickedlocal.com

The Burlington High girls tennis team moved its record to 7-4 with recent wins against Arlington and Reading.Last Thursday, BHS edged Arlington by a 3-2 score.The girls swept the singles in the victory without dropping a set to the Spy Ponders.At No. 1, Ada Wiggins logged yet another 6-0, 6-0 victory while second singles saw Eleni Pesiridis defeat her opponent, 6-2, 6-2. Anjali Seereeram won at third singles for Burlington by a 6-3, 6-1 score.The Red Devils lost both doubles matches in three sets.At No. 1, Tori Condon and Lauren Carlson won the first set before falling 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. At second doubles, Ally Oliver and Sam Kakullavarapu also won their first set before dropping an exciting match, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4.On Monday, Burlington beat Reading, 4-1.Wiggins, Pesiridis and Seereeram won quickly in singles while Condon and Carlson also won in straight sets.In its previous match, the Red Devils lost to Belmont, 3-2.Wiggins beat senior Annie Hang, 6-0, 6-0. The other Burlington win came at third singles where Seereeram swept sophomore Lena Jiang, 6-1, 6-0.The Marauders won the other three matches in straight sets.Sophomore Amanda Jung topped Pesiridis, 6-2, 6-2.In doubles, Belmont’s senior tandem of Alexa Analetto and Amy Zhang defeated Oliver and Kakullavarapu at the second spot while junior Haley Sawyer and sophomore Sarah Paolillo beat Condon and Carlson at No. 1 doubles.